Showing posts with label robots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label robots. Show all posts
Sunday, March 4, 2018

This Human-Controlled Robot Is 13 Feet Tall

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CNBC: This 13-foot robot cost over $100 million to develop and looks like it's straight out of a sci-fi movie Giant human-controll...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

The European Parliament Wants To Give Robots Legal Status By Calling Them 'Electronic Persons'

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The report proposes a kill switch on robots. © Francois Lenoir / Reuters RT: Robot kill switches & legal status: MEPs endorse AI propo...
Monday, January 9, 2017

A Robot-Powered Burger Restaurant Is Coming To San Francisco

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This is the only known image of a burger manufactured by Momentum Machines technology. Momentum Machines / The Wharton School, The Univer...
Friday, January 6, 2017

This Robot Can Play Chess With A Chessboard

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A robot developed by Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute plays chess at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas, Neva...
Thursday, January 5, 2017

This 'Anti-Robot' Can Carry A Human And Run Over 20mph

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Daily Mail: Meet 'Prosthesis', the terrifying 14ft-tall 'anti-robot' that can carry a human and run over 20mph almost SIL...
Monday, January 2, 2017

The United Nations Has Decided To Take On Killer Robots In 2017

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YouTube Seeker: U.N. Vote Puts 'Killer Robots' on the Agenda in 2017 International pressure mounts for a preemptive ban on l...
Tuesday, January 12, 2016

The Evolution Of Robots In Movies and TV

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From Gizmodo : Science fiction movies and TV shows don’t really count unless they have iconic robot characters. That’s a completely true...
Monday, January 4, 2016

Prediction: Robots Will Outnumber Humans By 2040

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Photo: 20th Century Fox Business Insider: A programmer turned sci-fi author has predicted that robots could outnumber humans as early ...

The First International Beauty Contest That Will Be Judged By Robots

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Miss Universe Tech Crunch : The First International Beauty Contest Judged By Robots Robots are starting to appear everywhere: driving car...
Sunday, January 3, 2016

A Robot That Looks And Acts Human

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Prof Nadia Thalmann (left) posing beside Nadine, a life-like social robot capable of autonomously expressing emotions and gestures. Credi...
Friday, January 1, 2016

Here Comes The Robot Cops

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Tech Crunch : Meet Knightscope’s Crime-Fighting Robots The robots might one day rise up and take over, but a Palo Alto startup called K...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

U.S. Marine Corps Cancels Robotic Dog/Mule Project

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Washington Times : Marines shelve Google’s $42M robot ‘AlphaDogs’ because they are too noisy Marines will not be using robotic mules ca...

MIT Technology Review's 2015 Annual Summary On Developments In Robots And AI

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Will Knight, MIT Technology Review : What Robots and AI Learned in 2015 It was the year that self-driving cars became a commercial reality...
Monday, October 6, 2014

A New Underwater Robot Could Be Used To Sniff Out Smuggled Drugs, Weapons

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The oval-shaped submersible robot is half waterpoof to keep electronic components safe from damage. Credit: Sampriti Bhattacharyya/MIT Unde...
Sunday, April 6, 2014

The Future Of Surgical Robotics Is Microscopic

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The NeuroArm, a non-ferrous microsurgical robot—shown here with an electrified cutting tool and suction instrument—was used to remove a p...

Will Robots Rule the World?

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Photo Used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user Antonis Lamnatos http://www.flickr.com/photos/lamnatos Will Robots Rule the Wo...
Friday, March 28, 2014

No Pentagon Money For Google's Robot Program

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Google Rejects Military Funding In Robotics -- Defense Tech Google doesn’t want the U.S. military’s money. Even though the Internet sear...
Thursday, March 27, 2014

The U.S. Navy Is About To Deploy Robots

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Robots Join The Navy To Fight Fires At Sea -- FOX News The Navy’s new humanoid robots can detect fires on a ship, withstand extreme he...
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Giant Robot Crab Walks

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Giant Robot Crab Walks, Is Probably Coming Right For You -- Popular Science Next stop: ocean floor. The Crabster CR200 is a 1,400-pound...
Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Here Are The Robots That Are Defending America's Nuclear Material Stockpiles

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These incredible carts work as security staff for the Nevada Nuclear Stockpile Site. One control centre can operate 16 vehicles at once ...